The Olympic torch relay 'tradition' was begun by the Nazis
Thursday, 19 August 2004 01:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miriam_eWhy am I not surprised?
Good propaganda serves any master well.
Hitler's Olympic games were the first to feature the torch relay race. They were thought up as a theatrical symbol to boost nationalistic fervor and a way to link the Aryans with the ancient Greek civilisation.
See http://hnn.us/articles/6719.html for more detail.
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peaseblossom03.
Good propaganda serves any master well.
Hitler's Olympic games were the first to feature the torch relay race. They were thought up as a theatrical symbol to boost nationalistic fervor and a way to link the Aryans with the ancient Greek civilisation.
See http://hnn.us/articles/6719.html for more detail.
I should mention this info came to me via
peaseblossom03.